
Character Profile
Fatima
Fatima is Colony House's warmest presence: a woman who decided early that the town would not take her capacity for joy, and who builds a chosen family out of the people around her.
Character Biography
Biography
Fatima is a Colony House resident and Ellis Stevens' partner. She is portrayed by Pegah Ghafoori and is described as warm, loyal, and fearless in small ways.
She is the first person at Colony House to take to Julie after the family arrives, and she does it deliberately — the point is that the teenager should feel safe. She represents the argument that life in this place can still hold joy: she shows Julie that connection and romance persist, she pushes Ellis to mend things with his father before the town makes that impossible, and Colony House marks one year of her arrival with a party rather than a vigil.
Her pregnancy is the line the show draws through her. She tells Donna she is pregnant despite having believed she could not be, and what begins as hope becomes the question Season 3 keeps pressing: whether anything new can survive here. Her health deteriorates, no heartbeat can be found, and what she delivers at the end of the season is not a child. She is not simply a victim of it afterward — she has a connection to what she delivered, and she uses it.
Character Overview
About Fatima
Fatima is Colony House's warmest presence: a woman who decided early that the town would not take her capacity for joy, and who builds a chosen family out of the people around her.
Her life with Ellis gives the townspeople something the place never intended them to have - a future worth arguing about - and the town's hostility to that hope becomes one of the show's most personal horrors.
- Warm
- Fearless in small ways
- Deeply loyal
- Refuses despair
Story Role
Role in the Story
supporting
Relationships
Key Relationships
Fatima's life is bound to Ellis Stevens, her partner in Colony House, and to the community of survivors around them - Donna's household, the sheriff's uneasy order, and the residents who share her insistence on living rather than merely waiting.
Romantic
- Ellis Stevens — Partner
Allies
- Ellis Stevens — Partner
- Donna — Colony House leader
Family & Affiliations
Family and Affiliations
Affiliations
- Colony House (From)
Portrayed By
Actors Who Play Fatima
- Pegah Ghafoori — Fatima (live action)
Media
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Sources
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- Public references count: 1
Character Importance
Role Significance
- Status: Active
- Billing: Top-billed main character
- Role: main cast
- Shows: FROM
- Seasons: 5
- Episodes: 40
Episode Timeline
Appearance Timeline
Season 1
- E1 — Long Day's Journey Into Night (Feb 20, 2022)
- E2 — The Way Things Are Now (Feb 27, 2022)
- E3 — Choosing Day (Mar 6, 2022)
- E4 — A Rock and a Farway (Mar 13, 2022)
- E5 — Silhouettes (Mar 20, 2022)
- E6 — Book 74 (Mar 27, 2022)
- E7 — All Good Things (Apr 3, 2022)
- E8 — Broken Windows, Open Doors (Apr 10, 2022)
- E9 — Into the Woods (Apr 17, 2022)
- E10 — Oh, the Places We'll Go (Apr 24, 2022)
Season 2
- E1 — Strangers in a Strange Land (Apr 23, 2023)
- E2 — The Kindness of Strangers (Apr 30, 2023)
- E3 — Tether (May 7, 2023)
- E4 — This Way Gone (May 14, 2023)
- E5 — Lullaby (May 21, 2023)
- E6 — Pas de Deux (May 28, 2023)
- E7 — Belly of the Beast (Jun 4, 2023)
- E8 — Forest for the Trees (Jun 11, 2023)
- E9 — Ball of Magic Fire (Jun 18, 2023)
- E10 — Once Upon a Time... (Jun 25, 2023)
Season 3
- E1 — Shatter (Sep 22, 2024)
- E2 — When We Go (Sep 29, 2024)
- E3 — Mouse Trap (Oct 6, 2024)
- E4 — There and Back Again (Oct 13, 2024)
- E5 — The Light of Day (Oct 20, 2024)
- E6 — Scar Tissue (Oct 27, 2024)
- E7 — These Fragile Lives (Nov 3, 2024)
- E8 — Thresholds (Nov 10, 2024)
- E9 — Revelations: Chapter One (Nov 17, 2024)
- E10 — Revelations: Chapter Two (Nov 24, 2024)
Season 4
- E1 — The Arrival (Apr 19, 2026)
- E2 — Fray (Apr 26, 2026)
- E3 — Merrily We Go (May 3, 2026)
- E4 — Of Myths and Monsters (May 10, 2026)
- E5 — What a Long Strange Trip It's Been (May 17, 2026)
- E6 — The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (May 31, 2026)
- E7 — Best Laid Plans (Jun 7, 2026)
- E8 — Heavy Is the Head (Jun 14, 2026)
- E9 — The Calm Before (Jun 21, 2026)
- E10 — If a Tree Falls in the Forest… (Jun 28, 2026)
Key Moments
Key Moments
- The Way Things Are Now — S1E2
A Colony House resident, she takes to newly arrived Julie right away.
- All Good Things — S1E7
Colony House celebrates the one-year anniversary of her arrival, and Ellis organizes it.
- Broken Windows, Open Doors — S1E8
She urges Ellis to make amends with his father Boyd before it is too late.
- Belly of the Beast — S2E7
She tells Donna she is pregnant despite having believed she could not become pregnant.
- When We Go — S3E2
Her health takes a turn for the worse, and her deterioration raises questions about the town and new life.
Shows & Episodes
Appearances
E1Long Day's Journey Into NightFeb 20, 2022
E2The Way Things Are NowFeb 27, 2022
E3Choosing DayMar 6, 2022
E4A Rock and a FarwayMar 13, 2022
E5SilhouettesMar 20, 2022
E6Book 74Mar 27, 2022
E7All Good ThingsApr 3, 2022
E8Broken Windows, Open DoorsApr 10, 2022
E9Into the WoodsApr 17, 2022
E10Oh, the Places We'll GoApr 24, 2022
E1Strangers in a Strange LandApr 23, 2023
E2The Kindness of StrangersApr 30, 2023
E3TetherMay 7, 2023
E4This Way GoneMay 14, 2023
E5LullabyMay 21, 2023
E6Pas de DeuxMay 28, 2023
E7Belly of the BeastJun 4, 2023
E8Forest for the TreesJun 11, 2023
E9Ball of Magic FireJun 18, 2023
E10Once Upon a Time...Jun 25, 2023
E1The ArrivalApr 19, 2026
E2FrayApr 26, 2026
E3Merrily We GoMay 3, 2026
E4Of Myths and MonstersMay 10, 2026
E5What a Long Strange Trip It's BeenMay 17, 2026
E6The Heart Is a Lonely HunterMay 31, 2026
E7Best Laid PlansJun 7, 2026
E8Heavy Is the HeadJun 14, 2026
E9The Calm BeforeJun 21, 2026
E10If a Tree Falls in the Forest…Jun 28, 2026